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The A&E network teamed up with members of the Jackson family earlier this year to produce a reality TV series which would focus on their work on a new album and plans for a Jackson 5 reunion concert. The entire series was filmed while Michael Jackson was still alive and plans were originally to premiere the show this Summer. In the wake of MJ‘s sudden death in June, A&E shelved the project and put it on hiatus … but no longer. Apparently, enough time has passed since MJ‘s death that A&E and the Jacksons have decided that the series titled The Jackson Family will air “soon” and will include eps of the brothers coping with the death of Michael Jackson:

A&E plans to air a Jackson family reality series that will show the late King of Pop’s brothers grappling with his sudden death. Sources told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday that Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon had previously filmed an hour-long pilot before Michael’s death, and planned to include a climactic reunion with The Gloved One. But their younger brother never signed on to do it, and passed before they could change his mind. Insiders say that A&E is moving forward with more episodes that show the Jacksons coping with Michael’s death and handling the day-to-day struggles in their own lives. A deal for the series hasn’t been fully ironed out, but the original agreement was for a pilot with provisions for a series, so the show will go on. The one-hour pilot will air on A&E within the month, likely with a reference at the end that Michael passed away, followed by segments that will be shaped into either 30 or 60-minute episodes. Danny O’Donovan, who has managed the Jacksons since they left Motown in the late 70s, brokered the TV deal.

While I cannot fault the Jacksons for wanting to air the eps of this show that they have already filmed, after an appropriate time has passed since their brother’s death, I cannot help but feel like the “bonus” eps that feature the family coping with his death is just a wee bit if not OUTRAGEOUSLY exploitative of MJ‘s death. While I’m sure they are having a tough time dealing with the loss of their brother, it seems to me to be a more prudent course of action to focus on their professional lives rather than to interject the death of MJ. The fact that they are Jacksons will still bring in the ratings so they don’t need eps filled with heartbreak and tears just to get people to watch … I just think they should not further exploit MJ‘s death for their own gain. I dunno … what do y’all think?

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